If You can’t Do THIS You'll Never Become A Fluent English Speaker

51,365 views ・ 2019-11-19

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Is the most difficult English language lesson a grammar point, some pronunciation exercise
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or a tricky phrase?
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Well, a student recently wrote me to say that he was often forgetting words when speaking.
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He also said his accent was hard to understand, and that he couldn’t express himself without
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translating first in his head…
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But when I told him how to fix these problems, he said my advice wouldn’t help because
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it was too simple.
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Like many learners, this student couldn’t improve because he thought he needed a complicated
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solution when he only had to do something incredibly basic: practice.
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It’s not your fault if you don’t express yourself correctly and automatically because
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most schools, courses and even videos right here on YouTube only tell you to learn MORE
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words and grammar.
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So most students think that you get fluent by learning MORE.
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But the truth is you become a great speaker by practicing FEWER things again and again,
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and this is why you can actually become fluent WITHOUT learning any new words!
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Bruce Lee illustrates this point perfectly because he didn’t become a master martial
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artist by doing a little bit of everything. He focused, understanding that the journey
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to mastery is short but deep rather than long and shallow.
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He famously said, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear
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the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
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He meant that seeing or doing something once is almost useless. Think about the last time
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you learned some new vocabulary in an English lesson or YouTube video. How many of those
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words or phrases do you remember? And if you DO remember any of them, how many can you
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USE correctly and automatically, without thinking or translating, in your conversations?
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The man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times can do this move “fluently.” And
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mastery develops the exact same way with EVERY skill.
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This explains why Steph Curry dribbles a basketball so well…
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And why Yo-Yo Ma is such an excellent cellist…
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And why Jamie Oliver can make delicious meals without measuring every ingredient.
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Understand that this lesson is really only difficult because everyone has taught you
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to do MORE…
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But the good news is you become fluent simply by reviewing what you already know, the right
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way.
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So if you just want to KNOW a lot of English, keep watching more videos here on YouTube…
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But if you really want to SPEAK confidently and fluently, let me introduce you to a better
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way to practice that makes practice fun and building fluency automatic…
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Frederick, our new mobile app for iOS and Android devices that you can download for
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By starting with simple words and sounds, you quickly see discover any problems with
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your pronunciation, grammar and speaking, and see how to correct yourself easily.
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Frederick’s simple games allow you to review what you know in a fun way, without needing
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Learning is natural, and practice is entertaining, so the most difficult English lesson becomes
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easy!
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I’m Drew Badger, the founder of EnglishAnyone.com, and thanks so much for learning with me today!
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